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Tuesday, May 06, 2008

Seventy thousand, five hundred and thirty two. I have been wanting to count the stitches in a completed sweater ever since Tiennie did it. And decided, with charts and rows, this was the sweater to count. Seventy thousand, five hundred and thirty two stitches. That is a lot of stitches, and a lot of "throwing". (I knit using the English method.) Amazing to think my hand brought yarn around the needle seventy thousand, five hundred and thirty two times. I think we should all give our hands a massage. Or at least a kiss.Ruby is finished. Blocking as we speak. Photos soon.

That's a lotta stitches! Did you count cable crossings too? I've been counting stitches in a blanket that I'm knitting for Jeff. Å queen size blanket on size 5 needles. I announce after each color block how many more expressions of love I just knit for him. We're at over 200,000 right now.

Wow. All those stitches - all that counting. Ruby looks beautiful and I can't wait to see it in full glory. Thanks for video link. I am thinking about trying Continental on a project to see if it's a bit faster (although I've heard that it can also give a looser gauge).

eeek, fantastic! and i can't begin to tell you how happy i am to hear that you knit english-style. praise the lord! i was starting to wonder if all the really good knitters were continental and that i was missing something, lol.

Um, wow... that's a lot of throwing. I'm a thrower, too, and it's clear to see why there are some aches and pains now and then... because, surely it has nothign to do with the fact that I'm getting older...

Wow... That is something! Guess where I was today? At a yarn store, flipping through the Debbie Bliss book, looking at that pattern, the yarn... I am such a follower. And you are such a pusher. The only thing that saved me? They only had 16 balls of the yarn. I chose to view it as an omen.